The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-22
Briefs.
TWAS A peaceful Sabbath.

| TWAS peSCeIuI S8pDaLn.
THE UTAH & NORTHERN train arrived
three hours late on Monday.
ANOTHER WEEK, uncertain in its unde
veloped events, is upon US. May il
bring forth good fruit.
THANKSGIVING FESTIVITIES are numer
Gus, and the people seem determined tt
celebrate the occasion with fitting eclat
ALL WAS serenely quiet at the Police
Court Monday: no business was done
and judge Dee took trip to the capital.
isn't THIS delightful weather." is q
question heard on every hand. "Quite
beautiful spring day" is the very gen
eral response.
PROFESSOR HEINE and daughter at
tended the services in the Tabernacle on
Sunday. They appeared to be atten-
tive and interested listeners.
MR. BARNEY SIMPSON, of Chicago,
agent for MIR. J. I. Mcintosh, the Cali
fo-nia cattle man, has arrived in this
city with a carload of fine bloOded
horses.
TaE FIRST section of the Union Pa
c;tic was four and half hours late, the
| second section two and a half hours,
and the third section six hours late, on
| Monday.
The SYSTEM OF female mattresses is
evidently fast becoming the fashion
here in the hotels. It is said the male
visitors prefer being attended to by
'buxom beauty"
THE OGDEN Cricket Club have con
cluded their negotiations with the
WellsYille Cricket Club, and the pro-
posed match is arranged TO take place
on Thursday next.
On THE evening of Wednesday, tbs
Third Ward Primary will give an en-
tertainment. The little ones are prac-
ticing their pieces with great assiduity,
and treat is promised to all who at
tend.
OK THANKSGIVING night, the Third
Ward Mutual improvement Associa-
ton are determined to have the most
successful ball of the season; the efforts
they are making being simply pro-
digi0us.
A SPECIAL G. P. engine and one car
left the depot Monday morning with
few passengers who had failed to con-
meet with the regular west bound train.
The regular train would wait at COrinne
for the arrival of the special.
BISHOP WINsLow FARR and Elder Jo-
seph Johnson were the speakers at the
Tabernacle services on Sunday. They
have been absent from the city the last
two years on missions. Their remarks
were listened to with interest.
IT IS said that entries for the cock-a-
doc die doc show, are coming in fast
and furious" A successful exhibition,
therefore, is certain. William Brown
ing, the genial secretary, exhibits a
broad ''smile" as he passes along the
streets with his book of entries under
his arm.
A TELEGRAM has reached this city an
nouncing the death, at Scofeld, from
heart disease, of MIR. William Stalker, an
employee on The D. & r. G. system
Mr.. Stalker had been a sufferer with
this complaint for long time past. and
suCcumbed while il the discharge of his
duty. Mr.. StakeT's body will be brought
to this city, it is expected.
DURING THE last few days. fires have
been burning il the mountains east Of
this city. apparently on the Ogden VAL
ley side for the most part. On Sunday
they grew in intensity and scope, reach
ing over several miles along the noun
tain tops. The spectacle, in the even
ing, put one in mind of the famous
flaming fire by night and the cloud of
smoke by day Of Israelltish yore.
The MAGNIFICENT Indian summer We
have had seems to desire to lIIger with
US; and impresses one with the words
of Pope:
Where summers beauty midst of winter
And winters GOODNESS, spite of summers
rays"
II Pope were present with as at this
tine, he could not more correctly e1-
press our atmospheric condition. Our
afternoons are comfortably warm, while
the mornings and evenings bite us with
the chill winter.
AN ACCIDENT occurred Monday morn
ing at Green River, Wyoming, which
delayed the train two hours. 1t ap-
pears that the signal was given for the
Oregon Short Line train to start, and
the engineer misunderstood it to mean
that he should back his train, and
just as the Union Pacific section
three train was pulling out, the
Oregon Short Line train backed
down into it, knocking the Pullman car
right on its side, and taking the steps |
off the two front cars. The passengers
suffered nothing further than soaring
produced by the heavy, grating sound,
and were happy to have escaped so tor
tunately. They attribute the affair to
the carelessness OF somebody connected
with the two systems.
AN AMUSING scene took place on Sun
day afternoon. in the Tabernacle. The
ladies sitting few seats from the east
door were suddenly startled by the
earnest growing of two dogs. which
had been brought into the meet
ing by two people-their owners
for spiritual instruction
what other object could account for
! hsi r nrssanca2 No one wants to nlaYl